2. Aim
To become familiar with the basic use,
benefits and disadvantages of Qwizdom
- an electronic testing system -
as a teaching and learning resource
3. Today’s Objectives
• State what Qwizdom may be used for
• List the types of question that may be created
• Describe the benefits and constraints of using
Qwizdom for learning and assessment
• Identify opportunities for using Qwizdom within
your own area of teaching
• Analyse opportunities for extending the use of
Qwizdom as an assessment tool
4. What is Qwizdom?
“Empowering Intelligent Interaction”
“Qwizdom is a market leading provider of
Audience Response Systems, sometimes
referred to as Electronic Voting Systems or
Audience Clickers.”
http://www.qwizdom.co.uk/index.php
5. Voting System
• Works by Radio Frequency
• Hand-held remotes
– Q4 Remote
Q5 Remote
– Q5 Remote
• Later version – writing tablets
• Set up in PowerPoint
– (requires software and hardware
installation)
• Records and collates answers
for assessment
6. Setting Up Your Questions
• Create in PowerPoint
• Note: You must have
Qwizdom loaded!
• For each slide:
choose the type of
question from the
picklist and set
parameters
12. Advantages
• Initial assessment of subject knowledge
– Find out prior learning
• Formative assessment
– Individual tutor or students to set questions
• Unit or whole course summative assessment
– Joint resource developed by team
• ‘Curriculum’ assessment – including all ‘extras’!
– Further developing resource
• And more!…
13. …Advantages
• Student participation
– “ILT”
– Anonymous
– Instant feedback and less marking
– Engages learners and starts discussion
– Alternative and inclusive (Equality and Diversity)
– Development of own questions from learning
– Student as presenter
– Differentiation opportunities (limited)
14. …Advantages
• Formal Assessment
opportunities
– Instant feedback
– Results displayed as
Graphs and Charts
– Results stored for
individual assessment
– Identifies strong and
weak areas of learning
15. …Advantages
• Differentiation options [Limited]
– Set specific quizzes for differentiated groups
– Participation without speaking or hearing
– Speed options: set or shows when all have answered
• Equality and Diversity
– Opportunities for addressing issues through quiz
– Coloured backgrounds and font
– Pictures (to reinforce learning or E&D matters)
– Speed: for reading/language difficulties
• Just for Fun!
– General knowledge or extra-curricular
– “Guestimating”: unfamiliar subject matter
16. Disadvantages
• Time - developing questions and creating
slideshow
• Equality & Diversity
– Reading (language, dyslexia etc) [Sound?]
• Does not allow for development e.g. analysis
and evaluation
• Limited ‘extension’ or differentiation facilities
• Preparation of equipment
– Installation of software and hardware
– IT support
17. Disadvantages
• Competitive (?)
• Clarity of answers
– Students not taking seriously
– Guesses
• ‘Exclusion’:
– Some physical disability/motor skills
– Visual impairment (could possibly adapt?)
– Little opportunity for differentiation (?)
18. Discuss:
• What opportunities can you see for using
Qwizdom in your own teaching and
learning?
• What other benefits or disadvantages
might there be to using this type of
resource?
• Any other questions/comments?
19. Objectives
• State what Qwizdom may be used for
• Describe question types that may be used
• Demonstrate and understanding of the
constraints for assessment opportunities
• Identify opportunities for using Qwizdom
within own area of teaching
• Analyse opportunities for extending the
use of Qwizdom as an assessment tool
